Journalists suffered during riots in Yerevan

On 21 July, the Office of the Commissioner in the Republic of Armenia said that some journalists had suffered during clashes with the police in Yerevan.

“We condemn this fact. It is a negative phenomenon, in relation to the professional activity of the mass media representatives“ — says the Office of the Commissioner.

On 20 July, there were clashes between the police and demonstrators near the building of the Patrol-Guard Service in Yerevan. A lot of police officers suffered during the riots and about 50 protesters were detained.

The Institution of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation has been admitted to the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) as a Voting member.
The positive decision regarding the High Commissioner’s application for IOI Voting membership was accepted by the IOI Board of Directors at its last meeting.
A preliminary agreement on the Russian membership was reached in February 2019…

On April 30, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova participated in the closing event of the project "Co-operation on the implementation of the Russian Federation National Action Strategy for Women (2017–2022)" that ran from November 2018 to May 2020.
The event was also attended by First Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Protection Alexey…

On April 29, the meeting of the Eurasian Ombudsman Alliance (EOA) dedicated to the 75th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War was held via videoconference.
The event was attended by the heads of the national human rights institutions of Armenia, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Tajikistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, the National Center for Human Rights in the Republic of Uzbekistan…